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One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight. J. G. Ballard

Life Home Reality School Rest Stage Took One Of The Things Could Day-To-Day Day-To-Day Life Comfortable Overnight Where Experiences Wartime Lives Things Set

Only person who took me serious was my mom and my sister Rachael. J.I.D

Mom Me Sister Took Only Person Who Serious

However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension. J. K. Rowling

For the first ten years after I got out of graduate school, I studied success. I read every book I could get my hands on and took every training I could find, and that allowed me to become an expert in this area. I learned how to create high self-esteem and success in my own life and in the lives of others. Jack Canfield

Life Success Me Book Training School First Become Own Every Others Took Out High Find Ten My Own Ten Years Area Could Studied Allowed Self-Esteem Read Learned Got How Years Get Hands Hands-On Graduate Graduate School After Expert Create Lives

I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas. Jack Kilby

After I'd produced about two dozen pen and ink drawings, one evening I decided that they needed poems to accompany them. I still have no idea where that notion came from, but it took me about two hours to produce verses for these creatures. Jack Prelutsky

Me Took Pen Drawings No Idea About Poems Idea Hours Still Came Accompany Verses Where After Decided Them Produce Produced Notion Evening Creatures Ink Dozen Two Needed

I had a sense when I took the job that the 1976-77 Trail Blazers could be very good. We had made a lot of positive roster changes, but it wasn't until I had the team in training camp that I realized that this team could be special. Midway through that season, I felt we had a chance to win it all. Jack Ramsay

Positive Good Training Win Job Made Sense Changes Took Could Through Had Until Felt Camp Lot Trail Very Midway Realized Team Special Season Chance

President Trump has a serious credibility problem. He tries to take credit for jobs he didn't create and, with respect to the F-35 program, savings that were achieved before he even took office. Jack Reed

That transition from child to adult actor is so incredibly elusive. The roles that were coming to me as a young adult were not that great, but I was taking them anyway to pay the rent. And the more bad roles in bad movies I took, the less anybody wanted me for a good role in a good movie. Jackie Earle Haley

Good Great Me Young Pay Incredibly Took Elusive Good Movie Bad More Adult Taking Rent Coming Were Role Child Roles Young Adult Anybody Movie Wanted Anyway Movies Them Transition Less Actor

I went to a hotel to become a chef and then tried becoming a flight attendant, but no one took me. I then worked in a travel agency and got into advertising and modelling after someone spotted me. So I started doing ads. I did 'Charminar' ad, because of which I got two films. Jackie Shroff

Me Travel Become Films Took Tried Someone Ads No-One Attendant Hotel Advertising Because Chef Becoming Got Doing Modelling Did After Which Agency Then Worked Flight Ad Started Two

I had an upright - it took me years and years to get enough bread to get it. I'm from Florida, so one morning I woke up, go in the corner, and the bass is in a hundred pieces 'cause the humidity is so bad. I mean, the upright just blew up. I said, 'Forget it, man. I can't afford this anymore.' Jaco Pastorius

Morning Me Man Cause Bass Corner Enough Took Hundred One Morning Bad Had Pieces Blew Said Go Woke Years Years And Years Up Afford Forget Get Upright Just Anymore Bread Mean Florida Humidity

When I first took the bench, I was assigned to handle a calendar of criminal cases. It was an enormous docket. I tried in each case to make sure that the litigants not only in fact received, but also felt that they had received, a full and fair opportunity to be heard. Jacqueline Nguyen

Opportunity First Bench Enormous Took Criminal Tried Case Cases Only Fact Had Fair Calendar Also Make Sure Felt Heard Handle In Fact Full Each Assigned Received

When the Canadian confederation took place in 1867, a lot of people in Quebec said, 'Could we have a referendum?' They said, 'Oh, no. In the British tradition, the Parliament can do anything, excluding changing a man into a woman, and, therefore, no referendum' - and that was that. Jacques Parizeau

I cooked at the White House for Easter, last year, with Michelle Obama. But it more had to do with cooking from the organic garden, and her message. I took my daughter and granddaughter there, and they were really charming, it was great. Jacques Pepin

Great Garden Cooking Daughter Year Organic White White House Took Easter Obama Charming More Had House Message Were Michelle Michelle Obama Granddaughter Really Cooked Her Last Last Year

I did this film with Russell Crowe called 'The Water Diviner,' which took place just after WWI. It was fascinating because the weapons between WWI and WII were very different. I had to learn how to ride horses in a battle setting. It was important that we rode a certain way. Jai Courtney

Battle Ride Water Important Setting Took Way Weapons Russell Russell Crowe Horses Had Between Learn Because How Were Rode Very Did Just Different After Place Which Certain Certain Way Ride Horses Fascinating Film

Regardless of how long it took or what I had to go through to get there, I had visualizations of throwing no-hitters or throwing shutouts. Jake Arrieta

Long Took Through Throwing Had How Go Get Regardless

I forget stuff. Guess I took a few too many punches. Jake LaMotta

Few Too Took Guess Punches Stuff Forget Many

I wanted to get punished, and I took unnecessary punishment when I was fighting. Jake LaMotta

Fighting Took Punished Punishment Unnecessary Get Wanted

It took me years to realize I wanted to be in journalism. Jake Tapper

Me Took Journalism Years Wanted Realize

He's always been tough on me, but I've had to figure out when he's being a coach and when he's being a dad. Once I figured that out, it was much easier. It's definitely tough, something that took years to figure out. Just knowing he was looking for what's best for me, not just yelling at me as a parent. It took maturity. Jalen Brunson

Best Me Maturity Tough Looking Took Once Easier Definitely Out Parent Something Had He Knowing Always Been Years Yelling Just Being Much Coach Figure Figured Dad

I got my transferrable skills from working at entry-level, gauging what I wanted from my career, and making sure I had what it took to get the one I truly wanted. But now there's a Catch 22: school leavers need experience to get jobs, but they can't get experience without jobs. Jameela Jamil

Experience School Took Jobs Had Catch Sure Without Got Making Truly Get Wanted Working Skills Now Career Need

The Rock was one of my favourite comedy characters growing up, and I still think he is. Mainly because he took himself so seriously by being ridiculous and a buffoon all the time but always took the high status. James Acaster

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